"I was bracing myself for the worst scenario, homes totally torn apart like matchsticks and water reaching almost roof tops."
"However, we're not seeing homes reduced to matchsticks because the storm surge apparently rose rather gently, instead of coming in as a piled-up wall that smashed everything in its path."
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Don't know if you've seen this thread or not ... but it is worth a look. The damage IS that bad ...
"Rita Damage to SW Louisiana worse than being reported"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490933/posts
"Rita Damage to SW Louisiana worse than being reported"
I saw those pictures earlier, and this is what I feared, that all those little coastal towns had been erased. Even though the MSM isn't showing it, it's the only conclusion I could draw based on how far the surge went in, as far north as I-10.
The MSM simply doesn't care. The MSM is lying in wait in Houston, waiting to pounce on anyone returning to the city and ask them to relate their nightmarish experiences in the worst evacuation in history. That's precisely the spin the MSM will try to put on it. Hopefully some Texans will respond accordingly to the questions they'll be asked by these fools, and show those fools what makes then Texans.
The MSM's post-Rita mission is perfectly clear. The reaction of Texas to Rita reveals to anyone with the eyes to see how inept, how irresponsible, and how criminal Louisiana's reaction to Katrina was. The MSM cannot let this utterly obvious contrast be seen by the world. After all, they believe it is their duty to TELL us what we see instead of letting us see on our own. And so they descend upon Houston to drum into our heads, 24/7, that the evacuation was a failure and that it had a myriad of problems. They've all been given their orders, and like robots following their programming, this is what they will do every single day now for the foreseeable future.
"Rita Damage to SW Louisiana worse than being reported"
I think hurricanes can smell unpreparedness the way that animals smell fear. Rita sniffed at Texas. "Those folk are ready." Rita sniffed at Louisiana. "Those folks ain't as ready. Let's go there. More fun."